House On The Hill Colour:Raw Cracked asphalt and faded bay

Cracked asphalt and faded bay markings mark what was once the entry point to a purpose-built community venue on the corner of Victoria Road and Darling Street

concrete cracked underfoot

purpose-built on Arthurton Road in 1926

The Ranger Headquarters nearby was built in 1967 as the set for Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Built in 1939 as a steam-driven dairy processing plant for Peters' American Delicacy Co

House On The Hill Colour:Raw Cracked asphalt and faded bayA timber framed house stands alone on an exposed hill, its bleached facade open to sun and wind through broken windows. Structures like this one represent the long arc of rural settlement across the Snowy Monaro and Hunter Valley, from the selector's gamble of the 1860s onward to the progressive abandonment that followed. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.